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Review of "The Gods Must Be Crazy 2"  

by: Roger

The Gods Must Be Crazy 2  

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on: 13 Aug 2018

Review extract: Not laugh out loud funny as the original this, suffers from sequel syndrome. ...

Full review 51 words

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Review of "Suburbicon"  

by: Roger

Suburbicon  

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on: 26 Jul 2018

Review extract: Written and produced by the Coen brothers with Clooney it has their stamp. ...

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Review of "Rashomon"  

by: Roger

Rashomon  

⭐⭐⭐

on: 14 Jul 2018

Review extract: Its a classic which presages many elements in subsequent films. ...

Full review 84 words

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Review of "The Best Years of Our Lives"  

by: Roger

The Best Years of Our Lives  

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on: 01 Jul 2018

Review extract: Fascinating both for the picture of small town America in 1946 and for the drama of the characters re-establishing their lives.

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Review of "The Party"  

by: Roger

The Party  

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on: 24 Jun 2018

Review extract: Silly stagey drama about tedious self-centred middle class people. ...

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Review of "The Free State of Jones"  

by: Roger

The Free State of Jones  

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on: 12 Jun 2018

Review extract: Both a wonderful drama and a fascinating insight into a little known aspect of the American civil war. ...

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Review of "Brothers In Law"  

by: Roger

Brothers In Law  

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on: 03 Jun 2018

Review extract: Many (later) well known faces appear in bit parts and walk-ons. ...

Full review 45 words

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Review of "The Gods Must Be Crazy"  

by: Roger

The Gods Must Be Crazy  

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on: 30 May 2018

Review extract: From the mock cheesy travelogue voice over at the beginning to it all turning out alright in the end this is a gem of a comedy. ...

Full review 120 words

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Review of "Son of Saul"  

by: Roger

Son of Saul  

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on: 18 May 2018

Review extract: Almost all in closeup of Saul's face and an impressive soundscape building an intense atmosphere of random horror.

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Review of "Blade Runner 2049"  

by: Roger

Blade Runner 2049  

on: 01 May 2018

Review extract: Maybe its because I'm 35 years older (or 45 years since I was into Philip K Dick stories) but this is a trivial gratuitous fresh take on the classic. ...

Full review 150 words

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Review of "Taxi Tehran"  

by: Roger

Taxi Tehran  

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on: 18 Apr 2018

Review extract: Interesting

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Review of "The Young Offenders"  

by: Roger

The Young Offenders  

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on: 31 Mar 2018

Review extract: Gloriously funny and dramatic

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Review of "The Other Side of Hope"  

by: Roger

The Other Side of Hope  

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on: 24 Mar 2018

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Review of "Stalker"  

by: Roger

Stalker  

on: 09 Mar 2018

Review extract: Considering I have been wanting to see this for nearly forty years it was a huge disappointment. ...

Full review 72 words

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Review of "Dunkirk"  

by: Roger

Dunkirk  

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on: 24 Feb 2018

Review extract: The three stories are very confusingly laid out. ...

Full review 39 words

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Review of "Murder on the Orient Express"  

by: Roger

Murder on the Orient Express  

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on: 16 Feb 2018

Review extract: pretty rubbish

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Review of "Baby Driver"  

by: Roger

Baby Driver  

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on: 03 Feb 2018

Review extract: Quite stylish and moderately entertaining

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Review of "Human Flow"  

by: Roger

Human Flow  

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on: 31 Jan 2018

Review extract: A good telling.

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Review of "The Limehouse Golem"  

by: Roger

The Limehouse Golem  

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on: 27 Jan 2018

Review extract: Very good. ...

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Review of "Last Fisherman"  

by: Roger

Last Fisherman  

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on: 07 Jan 2018

Review extract: Fantastic photography (Cornwall never looked so good). ...

Full review 73 words

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Review of "The Big Sick"  

by: Roger

The Big Sick  

⭐⭐

on: 06 Jan 2018

Review extract: Mildly entertaining shite. ...

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Review of "Listen Up Philip"  

by: Roger

Listen Up Philip  

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on: 30 Dec 2017

Review extract: Philip's destructive course through all relationships is validated by Ike's example.

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Review of "Ghostbusters"  

by: Roger

Ghostbusters  

⭐⭐

on: 28 Dec 2017

Review extract: Seemed a lot slower and less radical than remembered - in much the same way as the Moonlighting TV box set 35 years on.

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Review of "Loving Vincent"  

by: Roger

Loving Vincent  

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on: 01 Dec 2017

Review extract: Many familiar voices and faces in the rotoscoping. ...

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Review of "The Death of Stalin"  

by: Roger

The Death of Stalin  

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on: 14 Nov 2017

Review extract: Laugh out loud funny at times and well acted and told

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